HPV vaccine means young women now have 'close to zero' risk of cervical cancer death
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A new study finds that hundreds of lives have been saved since school-age girls were offered the HPV jab in 2008.
  • Filip785@fedia.io
    11·
    16 hours ago

    But the latest data shows vaccination rates across the country have fallen below recommended levels.

    Data from the UK Health Security Agency shows that 76% of girls in England were vaccinated by the age of 15 in 2024-25, well below the 90% that the World Health Organization (WHO) says is needed to eliminate cervical cancer.

    “It’s essential that the UK Government and health systems urgently address this with targeted action to reach communities where uptake is the lowest,” says Michelle Mitchell at Cancer Research UK.

    Wait, it’s not mandatory? It should be for eligible groups of people, there is no reason people should be dying from preventable diseases

    • lonefighter@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      5·
      12 hours ago

      I live in the US, but my mom wouldn’t let me get it because “it’s only for people who sleep around” and something something it’s actually bad for you anti-vax bullshit. The implication being that if I got cervical cancer from HPV I would have fucking deserved it.

      I got it later as an adult, because it bothered me not to have it even though I’m divorced and single AF, because fuck you mom, and you never know I guess.

    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.caEnglish
      121·
      15 hours ago

      Morons who are parents think HPV will turn their daughters into sluts.

      You have to have kids to really appreciate how stupid the world is.

      • bluGill@fedia.io
        21·
        13 hours ago

        I’m suspecting the women most concerned about their girls being sluts had multiple partners (possibly protected by rhythm or the pill only) before they were married. But they think they can raise their girls better than they were.

    • allywilson@lemmy.mlEnglish
      4·
      16 hours ago

      No vaccine is mandatory in the UK. You have the right to decline (or your guardian can on your behalf).